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- Title
Urs Allemann's Beginnings.
- Authors
Greaney, Patrick
- Abstract
The article focuses on the controversies surrounding the creation of the literary article "Babyficker," by Urs Allemann. It states that the literary prose has sparked and raised protests from the public because of its acknowledged aestheticization of violence and rape against children. It mentions that the protests have further worsened when "Babyficker" received the second prize in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in 1991. The author evaluates the theoretical claims made by Allemann and the statements made by his critics in the debates about his work. It further discusses the approach and style employed by Allemann in making his controversial literary work, and the story behind its creation.
- Subjects
ALLEMANN, Urs; AUTHORS; CHILDREN &; violence; ARTISTIC creation; PROSE literature -- History &; criticism; CRITICISM; LITERARY style; LITERARY quarrels; THEMES in literature
- Publication
MLN, 2008, Vol 123, Issue 5, p1088
- ISSN
0026-7910
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/mln.0.0070